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 ===== Requirements ===== ===== Requirements =====
  
-Keyboard~~Maestro~~10 requires macOS 10.13 or later.+Keyboard~~Maestro~~11 requires macOS 10.13 or later.
  
 ===== Distribution ===== ===== Distribution =====
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 Development of Keyboard~~Maestro~~10 began in early 2021.  Version 10 added further refinements to the editor, including saved Favorite actions and lots of extensions to contextual menus. The Engine also received some new facilities like displaying macro groups in the menu bar and more control over engine windows. There were a variety of new triggers and actions, including the “long press” option for Hot Key triggers and Paste by Name, Prompt for Screen Location, displaying progress, Try/​Catch/​Throw actions, and more. Development of Keyboard~~Maestro~~10 began in early 2021.  Version 10 added further refinements to the editor, including saved Favorite actions and lots of extensions to contextual menus. The Engine also received some new facilities like displaying macro groups in the menu bar and more control over engine windows. There were a variety of new triggers and actions, including the “long press” option for Hot Key triggers and Paste by Name, Prompt for Screen Location, displaying progress, Try/​Catch/​Throw actions, and more.
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 +Development of Keyboard~~Maestro~~11 began in late 2022.  Version 11 added new features to the editor, including the New Macro Wizard and Security preference pane, new search strings, enhanced AppleScript support and additions to many actions. The Engine added a new `keyboardmaestro` command line tool, modern JavaScript syntax, control over variables sent to scripts, support for Apple Text Recognition,​ and more. There were new triggers, and many new actions including Prompt for Snippet, Create Calendar Entry, Send Pushover Notification,​ Set Screen Resolution, Get Location and more.
  
 Going forward, we plan to develop Keyboard~~Maestro aggressively,​ bringing it to new levels of both power and ease of use in the long tradition of both macOS and Stairways~~Software. Going forward, we plan to develop Keyboard~~Maestro aggressively,​ bringing it to new levels of both power and ease of use in the long tradition of both macOS and Stairways~~Software.
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 Thanks to Jono Hunt for the brilliant [[https://​www.stairways.com/​action/​linkthru?​iconaholic|Iconaholic]] icon and other help. Thanks to Jono Hunt for the brilliant [[https://​www.stairways.com/​action/​linkthru?​iconaholic|Iconaholic]] icon and other help.
  
-Thanks also to: +Thanks also:
- +
-* [[https://​www.sheepsystems.com/​|Jerry Krinock]] for NS(Attributed)String+Geometrics. +
-* [[https://​daringfireball.net/​|John Gruber]], [[http://​plasmasturm.org/​|Aristotle Pagaltzis]] for Title Case. +
-* [[http://​kelan.io/​|Kelan Champagne]] for the [[http://​kelan.io/​2009/​yrkspinningprogressindicators/​|YRKSpinningProgressIndicator]]. +
-* [[https://​mattgemmell.com/​|Matt Gemmell]] – Magic Aubergine for MGAnimatedView and MGTemplateEngine. +
-* [[https://​www.mikeash.com/​|Michael Ash]] for MAKVONotificationCenter. +
-* Matthew Ball for [[https://​github.com/​mattball/​MBCoverFlowView|MBCoverFlow]]. +
-* [[https://​www.brockerhoff.net/​|Rainer Brockerhoff]] for [[https://​brockerhoff.net/​src/​rbs.html|RBSplitView]]. +
-* [[https://​www.literatureandlatte.com/​freestuff.php|Keith Blount]] for KBWebArchiver. +
-* Brian D K Jones for VDKQueue. +
-* James Berry for Tag. +
-* [[https://​flyingmeat.com|Flying Meat]] for FMDB. +
-* Random Ideas for NSTimer+Blocks. +
-* For [[https://​opencv.org/​|OpenCV]]. +
-* For [[https://​github.com/​douglascrockford/​JSON-c|JSON_Checker]]. +
-* To [[http://​leptonica.org/​|Leptonica]] +
-* For SocketRocket. +
-* For Tesseract. +
  
 +* to [[https://​www.sheepsystems.com/​|Jerry Krinock]] for NS(Attributed)String+Geometrics.
 +* to [[https://​daringfireball.net/​|John Gruber]], [[http://​plasmasturm.org/​|Aristotle Pagaltzis]] for Title Case.
 +* to [[http://​kelan.io/​|Kelan Champagne]] for the [[http://​kelan.io/​2009/​yrkspinningprogressindicators/​|YRKSpinningProgressIndicator]].
 +* to [[https://​mattgemmell.com/​|Matt Gemmell]] – Magic Aubergine for MGAnimatedView and MGTemplateEngine.
 +* to [[https://​www.mikeash.com/​|Michael Ash]] for MAKVONotificationCenter.
 +* to Matthew Ball for [[https://​github.com/​mattball/​MBCoverFlowView|MBCoverFlow]].
 +* to [[https://​www.brockerhoff.net/​|Rainer Brockerhoff]] for [[https://​brockerhoff.net/​src/​rbs.html|RBSplitView]].
 +* to [[https://​www.literatureandlatte.com/​freestuff.php|Keith Blount]] for KBWebArchiver.
 +* to Brian D K Jones for VDKQueue.
 +* to James Berry for Tag.
 +* to [[https://​flyingmeat.com|Flying Meat]] for FMDB.
 +* to Random Ideas for NSTimer+Blocks.
 +* for [[https://​opencv.org/​|OpenCV]].
 +* for [[https://​github.com/​douglascrockford/​JSON-c|JSON_Checker]].
 +* for [[http://​leptonica.org/​|Leptonica]]
 +* for SocketRocket.
 +* for Tesseract.
  
 Thanks to Ken, Corentin, Stephen, Brad and others for their great assistance with beta testing. Thanks to Ken, Corentin, Stephen, Brad and others for their great assistance with beta testing.
  
-Thanks to Jim Underwood for outstanding assistance on the forum and wiki. Jim passed away in 2021 and he will be sorely missed.+Thanks to Jim Underwood for outstanding assistance on the forum and wiki. Jim passed away in 2021 and he has been be sorely missed.
  
 Thanks to Christopher Stone and ComplexPoint and many others for their great help on the forum. Thanks to Christopher Stone and ComplexPoint and many others for their great help on the forum.
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 ===== Licenses ===== ===== Licenses =====
  
-Keyboard~~Maestro is copyright ​2021 Stairways Software Pty Ltd.  All Rights Reserved. ​ You may use this application for a short trial period and then you must purchase the application or stop using it.+Keyboard~~Maestro is copyright Stairways Software Pty Ltd.  All Rights Reserved. ​ You may use this application for a short trial period and then you must purchase the application or stop using it.
  
-Keyboard~~Maestro is licensed on a per user basis and individual users may use it on up to five Macs.  You must purchase a license for each user using Keyboard Maestro.+Keyboard~~Maestro is licensed on a per user basis and individual users may use it on up to five Macs.  You must purchase a license for each user using Keyboard Maestro. A license is for the current major version and generally includes minor updates to it. There will likely be an upgrade fee for any future major versions.
  
 Trademarks owned by Third Parties such as Mac, macOS, Mac OS X, OS X, and BBEdit, are owned by their respective owners and no license is granted for their use. Trademarks owned by Third Parties such as Mac, macOS, Mac OS X, OS X, and BBEdit, are owned by their respective owners and no license is granted for their use.
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